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In memory of a budding food artisan, we continue to do what we do
7/30/2010 8:23am by Leslie Cooperband or Wes Jarrell
Earlier this week, we learned of the sudden and untimely death of Daniel Schreiber, known to many in the Champaign-Urbana community as "the chocolate guy." Daniel, just barely 24 years old, had begun to produce artesanal chocolates from "bean to bar." It was obvious to all who met him and who knew him that this guy was exceptional. The intensity of his passion and creativity was rare. His chocolates, single country origin beans, high cacao content, laced with unusual ingredients like mushrooms or dried black currants from our farm, were joyful to eat. We got to know Daniel only over the past few months when he started working in our cheeserie part time. His loss ripples through us on many levels-personal, the local foods community and within the small budding community of food artisans in Champaign Urbana. For those of you who knew Daniel and who live in the Champaign-Urbana area, we will be hosting a memorial service to celebrate his life on August 8th (a Sunday) from 5-7PM. Daniel's family will be here, and we will be having a pot-luck meal.
For me, the best way to honor Daniel is to keep producing the highest quality artisan cheeses and offering them to our patrons. Our stand at the Urbana Farmers' Market is next to Dan's, and the Market Manager will be leaving that space open for the remainder of the season in his remembrance.
We will be at the Urbana Farmers' Market this Saturday (and many more Saturdays to come) as well as Green City Market and the Oak Park Farmers' Market.
We have the following cheeses for you:
Chevre--plain, herbs de Provence and cracked pepper
Angel Food
Little Bloom on the Prairie
Sheep Milk Ricotta
Roxanne
We should also have some peaches and blackberries at Urbana and maybe the Chicago Farmers' Markets. I will be at the Oak Park Farmers' Market this Saturday, as Adam will be on vacation. Cesar will be holding down the fort at Green City (and hopefully not standing in a pool of water like last Saturday), and Wes will be selling his heart out at the Urbana Farmers' Market.
As always (and it can never be stated enough), we value the relationships we have with all of you who support and create our local foods communities.
For me, the best way to honor Daniel is to keep producing the highest quality artisan cheeses and offering them to our patrons. Our stand at the Urbana Farmers' Market is next to Dan's, and the Market Manager will be leaving that space open for the remainder of the season in his remembrance.
We will be at the Urbana Farmers' Market this Saturday (and many more Saturdays to come) as well as Green City Market and the Oak Park Farmers' Market.
We have the following cheeses for you:
Chevre--plain, herbs de Provence and cracked pepper
Angel Food
Little Bloom on the Prairie
Sheep Milk Ricotta
Roxanne
We should also have some peaches and blackberries at Urbana and maybe the Chicago Farmers' Markets. I will be at the Oak Park Farmers' Market this Saturday, as Adam will be on vacation. Cesar will be holding down the fort at Green City (and hopefully not standing in a pool of water like last Saturday), and Wes will be selling his heart out at the Urbana Farmers' Market.
As always (and it can never be stated enough), we value the relationships we have with all of you who support and create our local foods communities.
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